In the Classroom: Tic-Tac-Toe

In Burnsville Elementary School, kindergarten students complete a unit of study on tools, so Anne Phillips got creative and helped students use the tools to make a Tic-Tac-Toe board. Each student measured and cut a pine board to the right length. Some students used a hand saw and some students used a jig saw. Students then marked the 9 places on their board to put their screws. Each student drilled 9 screws in a grid pattern – this was the actual Tic-Tac-Toe board. They nailed 2 nails in place – one to hold the red washers, and one to hold the silver washers. When they were done with this 1/2 day project they had a Tic-Tac-Toe board and a real understanding of the tools they had studied.